USCG updates policy guidance on casualty reporting
AUGUST 4, 2015 — Law firm Blank Rome says that vessel owners, operators and crew managers should review a recently published Coast Guard policy guidance on when a casualty report is and
AUGUST 4, 2015 — Law firm Blank Rome says that vessel owners, operators and crew managers should review a recently published Coast Guard policy guidance on when a casualty report is and
AUGUST 4, 2015 — After a renovation that will extend her life by 20 years, the French scientific research vessel Marion Dufresne II is now sailing for the Port of La Réunion
AUGUST 3, 2015 — Caterpillar Marine reports that it is currently underway on a dual fuel engine retrofit conversion involving the 472 ft tanker Fure West, owned by Sweden’s Furetank Rederi A/B.
AUGUST 3, 2015 —The U.S. Navy reports that a fire broke out on board the U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) while the ship was in
AUGUST 3, 2015 — AEG Power Solutions says that shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. has chosen its power systems solutions to secure all critical loads applications on board Seabourn Encore, an ultra-luxury cruise ship
JULY 31, 2015 — For the first time in some 20 years, Spain is getting back into the business of building large tankers — and it is taking a leaf from the
JULY 31, 2015 — The U.S. Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center (NMC) is to “significantly improve the quality and security” of Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMCs). The current credentials are created using a
JULY 30, 2015 — After becoming the first classification society to issue Cargo Ship Safety and Small Commercial Safety Certificates to two Trinidad and Tobago vessels, LR has been authorized by several
JULY 30, 2015 — A Damen RoRo 5612 launched at Halong Shipyard in Vietnam this month is one of nine Damen vessels ordered by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force as part of
JULY 30, 2015 — Classification society ClassNK has released its Guidelines for Compressed Natural Gas Carriers.It is predicted that global natural gas demand will grow by 1.8% a year from 2013 to